Well, how to begin a story like this, I wonder? Oh, I know. Shut the fuck up and stop laughing at the title.
 Anyway, in case you haven’t heard, my name is Ariana! It’s my birthday! And yes, this is out of line from the usual… um… “poems” you come to expect from my dear friend Lia, but… she wanted to write this, just to make me happy!
Introductions aside, this is a story of scares, intimacy in the face of danger, love… and most importantly… self-aware horror clichés! My favorite!
 So, it all began a few nights before Halloween. I was just minding my own business, when a few of my friends showed up. They wanted to help me celebrate both my birthday, and my favorite holiday!
 How to sum up all of them. Let’s see. Well, imagine some of the Greek gods, but… they’re in different bodies. Because the old ones are all dead. Sorry about that one, Percy!
Heh, well… references aside (I couldn’t help myself), there’s me, my wife, Jennie, Eralia… um… the list is way too long. Anyway. Let me stop writing like this and get into the actual meat of the story, shall I?
 The one leading, as I expected… was Eralia, the goddess of love. She had a few of her children in tow, too. I smiled at them as she said: “So… what do you think about… a haunted house?”
 I giggled in response as I said, sounding really happy: “You already know I love the idea. I could kiss you right now.” I said, as I felt a slight blush creeping up my face.
She smiled and licked her lips as she whispered in my ear, saying: “Why don’t you go for it, then…~? I’m standing right here, after all…~”
 As usual, her attempts at seduction left me weak in my knees. I couldn’t help but to hug her as a response.
She looked a bit disappointed, but she accepted the hug all the same. She stroked my hair slowly as she whispered: “That’ll do. Thank you very much.”
 I nodded and broke from the hug as I shook my head to bring myself out of the trance as I said: “Let’s get on w-with it!”
How did it turn out? Well, by the time Lia figures out what we ordered the rooms in, she’ll be ready to both write about it, and try it out herself! See you all then!
 (Hi, again! It’s me, Ariana! I’m currently trying to convince Lia to continue writing on this idea, and I’m not sure if it’s going that well, so to speak. I guess I’ll be back later! Hope you all have a fun Halloween!)